This chicken noodle stir fry dish is refreshing, spicy and bursting with exciting flavors from fresh ginger, cilantro, lime zest, sesame and a chili pepper. The preparation is simple, you whisk your ingredients together, then use half to marinate the chicken and the remaining half as the stir fry sauce.
How to make it:
This recipe is super-easy to make and the concept is very simple: you just whisk your ingredients together into a sauce, then use half of it to marinate the chicken and the remaining half as the stir fry sauce.
Prep the fresh ingredients:
Step 1. Start by prepping the fresh ingredients for the marinade and sauce:
- remove the seeds and ribs from 1 chili pepper, then slice it thinly
- zest half a lime (this will make ~1 teaspoon zest)
- mince or press 1 garlic clove
- grate a bit of fresh ginger to get ¼ teaspoon
- finely chop cilantro to get 3 tablespoons
Make the marinade/stir fry sauce:
Step 2. Grab a two-cup liquid measuring cup (if you don’t have one, just try to use a container with a spout that you can easily pour out of).
Stir the fresh ingredients from the previous step together with:
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Step 3. Pour half of the mix into a bowl, add 5 chicken tenderloins (cut into bite-sized pieces) to the bowl and marinate in the fridge for half an hour. The remaining half of the sauce that’s still in your cup will become the stir fry sauce, so you can cover and transfer that to the fridge too.
Make the stir fry:
Step 4. Half an hour later, take the chicken out of the fridge, drain it into a colander and then fry it in a non-stick pan with 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in two batches (wipe the inside of the pan with a paper towel in between batches). Once the chicken is browned on the edges, take it out and set it aside.
Step 5. Wipe the inside of the pan with a paper towel again, then add 12 small broccoli florets to it. Pour in ½ cup of water and boil uncovered, stirring the broccoli around a few times. When all the water has evaporated, the broccoli will be done.
Step 6. Add the chicken back into the pan, then add 14 ounces cooked hokkien or soba noodles.
Stir ¼ teaspoon corn starch into the stir fry sauce, pour it into the pan and bring it to a boil. Your dish is ready when the sauce has turned translucent and has started to thicken.
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Full Recipe
Chicken Noodle Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 small garlic clove, minced or pressed
- 1 chili pepper, sliced, most of the ribs and seeds removed
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro
- zest of ½ lime (about 1 teaspoon)
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 5 chicken tenderloins, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil for frying
- 12 small broccoli florets
- 14 ounces cooked hokkien noodles*
- ¼ teaspoon corn starch
- 20 mint leaves, optional
Instructions
- In a two-cup liquid measuring cup mix garlic, chili pepper, cilantro, lime zest, ginger, sesame seeds, sesame oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar and honey together.
- Pour half of the mix into a bowl, add the chicken pieces to the bowl, cover and marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes. Cover and transfer the remaining half of the sauce that's still in the liquid measuring cup to the fridge as well. (This will become the stir fry sauce.)
- Drain the chicken into a colander, discarding the marinade it was in.
- Fry the chicken in two batches: heat half of the oil in a non-stick pan on high heat until shimmering, then fry half of the chicken until the pieces start to brown on the edges. Take the chicken out of the pan and set aside. Wipe the inside of the pan with a paper towel to remove any burned bits from it, then repeat with the remaining chicken.
- Wipe the inside of the pan with a paper towel again, then add the broccoli to it. Pour in ½ cup of cold water, bring to a boil and boil uncovered until all the water has evaporated, stirring the broccoli around a few times.
- Add the chicken back to the pan.
- Add the noodles to the pan.
- Whisk the corn starch into the sauce mix that's still in the liquid measuring cup and add to the pan.
- Bring to a boil and cook until the sauce starts to thicken and turns translucent.
- Take off the heat and serve with chopped mint leaves (optional).
Adina
What a simple and beautiful dish! It makes me hungry and it is not even time for lunch. :)
Nicole Branan
Thank you, Adina! (:
Easyfoodsmith
The stir fry looks so tempting and so delicous.
Nicole Branan
Thank you so much, Taruna! Hope you’re having a great weekend. :)
Kelly | Foodtasia
Nicole, I love noodle stir fry and this looks just delicious! The flavors sound amazing. Definitely will be trying this soon!
Nicole Branan
Thank you so much, Kelly! It’s one of my favorite recipes, I love the flavors. :)
lindsay
Um, wow, can i just dive right in? Love the lighting
Nicole B.
Please dive right in, Lindsay! :)
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
Nicole, the flavors sound incredible in this stir fry. I love the addition of the lime. Gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing!
Nicole B.
Thank you so much, Mary Ann! The lime adds some nice freshness here, which I really liked. :)
mila furman
Wow Nicole…I so love this. This is like my type of noodle dish! I love the combination of lime and noodles! Super delicious looking!
Nicole B.
Thank you, Mila! The lime zest is definitely my favorite part here too. :)
Caroline @ Shrinking Single
This is my kind of dinner. Easy to make but packed with flavour. Love noodles and you make them look so deliciously good.
Nicole B.
Thank you, Caroline! I love this kind of dinner, too. :)
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
Stirfry can sometimes feel heavy and I love how you brightened it up with that lime! Delish :)
Nicole B.
Yeah, it’s really light and refreshing. Thank you, Medha! :)
Jyothi - Currytrail.in
It’s amazing to see how you that a simple stir fry noodles and make it look so gorgeous! LOVE your work, I learn a lot from a pics Nicole,
Nicole B.
I love to hear that, Jyothi, thank you! <3